Improved washing-machine



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FRANK M. BACON, FILAINFIEL'D, NEW JERSEY..

Letters Patent No. 103,959, dated `J une 7, 1870.

The schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame;-

To all whom 'it may concern Beit known that I, FRANK M. BACON, ofPlainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a certain new and useful'Improvement in Washing-lilacl'iines,and the following is hereby declared to be a full and correctdescription of the same.

This invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which theclothes are washed by the squeez- 4ing and rinsing of the same. betweena moving dasher or rubber of slats anda stationary rubber orsqueezing-summe; and

Said improvement consists in arranging swinging dashers on each side ofstationary squeezing slats, so that receptacles are formed, in whichclothes may be placed to be washed, on both sides of the stationaryslats, and also between the moving dashers and the sides of the tub, andin connecting said swinging dashers,-at their upper ends, by links toacrank-shaft, so that said dashers will act alternately in squeezing andwashing the clothes in the different receptacles.

By this arrangement a large quantity ot' clothes may b e washed in themachine at one time, and, as the movement-given by the cranks to thedasher-s is such that they act alternately iu giving the final squeezeto' the clothes before making their return movement, noextra'expenditure of power is required to operate the machine, as saidfinal pressure is only upon the clot-hes in one of the receptacles at atime, and not upon all the clothesin the machine, although the c lothesin the other receptacles are receiving a washing at the same time.

In the drawing- Figure l is a vertical section of my saidwashingmachine, and

b is a perforated false bottom to the tub c, and said l perforatedbottom allows the dirt from the clothes being washed to settle in thespace c, instead of remaining in. the tub a with the clothes.

The stationary squeezer d is formed of beaded and cylindrical slats, asshown in lig.1, and the ends of said slats set loosely within grooves inthe ends of the tub a, and can raise or yield slightly to prevent injuryY to the clothes squeezed between them and the swinging dashers c f, andcan be lifted out `for cleaning the machine.

flhe swinging ldashers e are composed of headed slats, (shown moreclearlyin iig. 2,) set in frames h i,

and at their lower ends these frames h vi swing upon the centers Z l,and they are connected at then' upper ends, by the links m n, to thecranks on the shaft p.

The stationary squeezer d is between said dashers'e f, and, by thisarrangement, receptacles are formed upon each side of the dashers e f,in which clothes may be inserted and washed, the inclined sides q q ofthe tub reforming squeezing-surfaces, against which the dashers "pressthe clothes, to force the dirt and water from the same. Thus there arefour receptacles formed for the clothes.

The crank-shaft p i-s mounted in bearings upon the tub a, and is placedmidway between the dashers e and j; and provided with the handle 11, bywhich itmay be rotated, and said crank-shaft gives to the dashers, bymea-ns ofthe links an. a, a movement that causes the dasher-s to actalternately upon the clothes in the different receptacles,l to move theclothes g them,by the motion of the dasher and the suctionaction as thedasher draws away from theystationary surface.

By this arrangement of dashers and squeezing surfaces, and by the motiongiven to said dashers by the crank-shaft and links, a large quantity ofclothes vcan be washed at one time, without requiring extra power towork the machine in consequence of the increased quantity of clothes insame, because the crank-motion is such that while one dasherl is at theend of its movement, givinga tiual squeeze to the clothes, lthe otherdasher has completed its movement, and is moving in the oppositedirection. Hence it will be understood that the dashers act alternatelyupon the clothes in the dilerent receptacles, and one dasher only givesthe final squeeze to the clothes in one of the receptacles at a time, bywhich means less power is required to operate the machine than if thesqueeze was given" to the entire body of clothes in thetub.

I claim as my invention- The'arrangenient of the swinging dashers e f,operated' by the cranks and connecting-links -m n, in combination withthe stationary squeezing-slats d, substantially as set forth.

.Dated May 9, A. D. 1870.

FRANK M. BACON.

itnessem GHAS. H. SMITH, Guo. T. Pmokxnr.

